On May 22nd, one of the main stories involving the Bitcoin turns 13 years old. Thus, the event is seen as one of the most important, and consequently, of blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency market. In this way, the event became a celebration: the Bitcoin Pizza Dayon the date on which the first exchange of cryptocurrency for two products took place.
On this same day in 2010, a cryptocurrency enthusiast bought two pizzas with Bitcoin. That became the first purchase made with the currency. And if today it would be possible to buy a pizza for a tiny fraction of a bitcoin, at the time they cost much more: 10,000 bitcoins, equivalent to just over US$40 at the time and more than US$270 million at the current price.
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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day🍕
05/22/22DON’T BE JUST A PIZZA EATER, BE AN NFT PIZZA OWNER! pic.twitter.com/OpIdzZhMT8
— Bitcoin Pizza Day NFT 🍕 (@10_pizza_nft) May 22, 2022
On May 18, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer from Florida, USA, posted an advertisement on an online forum. Thus, he stated that he was willing to pay 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas, preferably large. But finally, on the 22nd, a 19-year-old accepted the offer and sent two Papa John’s pizzas to the programmer’s house. The current value of the pieces is around R$3 billion.
List of possible purchases with the cost of the two pizzas:
- 6000 Tesla Model S Plaid cars;
- 1500 high standard apartments in Moema;
- 700 Ferrari SF90 Stradale cars;
- 233 Yachts equal to Neymar’s, Azimut 78;
- 140 Bell 429 helicopters;
- 14 Embraer E-175 Jet Aircraft;
- 2 Corinthians stadiums in Itaquera;
- The Magazine Luiza network completes the company.
Source: Atrevida
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